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Monday, May 6, 2013

J.D. Martinez on his way back to Houston

Via our old pal Greg Rajan we find that J.D. Martinez - who was originally in the Hooks' lineup today - was called back to Houston today. In five rehab games for Corpus, Martinez has hit .300/.300/.550.

It'll be curious to see if this means the Rick Ankiel Experience is over, or if Humber is gone and Clemens/Cisnero/Keuchel take his spot...

this is the same anon, I think it's great that Grossman has been swinging a fairly decent bat the past couple games, but this is simple money. If they cut or waive Ankiel... they still have to pay him (unless someone else picks him up... which... why?) whereas Grossman will just go back to the milb 40man roster $. in a team that doesn't really want to waste money... why would you think they would?

"in a team that doesn't really want to waste money... why would you think they would?"

Why would they "waste" Ankiel's $750,000 contract? Gee, I dunno... Perhaps because he's clearly no longer a viable MLB starter, whereas Grossman possibly is? That's one of the points of rebuilding years, you give at-bats to promising young players to see if they're good enough.

to Chris: no, i said "so he can start" as in continue instead of being in some rotation until Maxwell comes back.

to Reuben: you give "at-bats to promising young players" and that's why they keep Ankiel as a pinch hitter... bc he actually does fill a need in getting limited at bats. See Jason Michael, Orlando Palmeiro etc

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